Internship Program

IITCOE Internship Programme

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad - IDEA Telecom Centre of Excellence (IITCOE – www.iitcoe.in) is one of the eight national Centers of Excellence set up in public private partnership. IITCOE invites applications for Internship Program (summer/winter) in the areas of telecom policy, regulation and/or management. The Internship Program at IITCOE is designed to enable selected participants to pursue her/his research work. At the end of the programme, the intern will be required to present and submit the research output based on the work done during the internship.

Qualification

Academic Background / Interests: Candidates having interest in Policy, Regulation and Research related to Telecom, Broadcasting, Internet, as well as Competition, Market Dynamics of the above sectors, etc.

Languages and Level of Fluency: Must be fluent in English (reading, writing and conversing).

Process

To apply, send in your detailed resume, one-page Statement of Purpose, clearly stating: (i) topic, objective and significance of the study, (ii) methodology, and (iii) how the research will benefit the society. Candidates must also submit two writing samples that demonstrate their communication, research and analytical skills on topics of their interest.

Please email the above to iitcoe@iima.ac.in with the subject line ‘Application for Internship at IITCOE’. For more details please visit our website - www.iitcoe.in.

Norms:

Duration of internship varies from 6-8 weeks, depending on the projects undertaken.

Stipend / financial assistance is provided to the deserving candidates.

IITCOE does not provides accommodation for the candidates.

Intern can avail IIMA library facilities during the internship period.

Intern will get free Wi-Fi connection during the above period.

E-copy of the project output duly approved by faculty with bank account details of intern should be submitted with a request for releasing the stipend.

Certificate on completion of the project will be provided by the faculty guide.

About IITCOE

IITCOE is one of the eight Centres of Telecom Centre of Excellence (TCOE) that have been set up in public-private partnership mode with funding support from various telecom operators in India and the Department of Telecommunication (DoT), India (www.tcoe.in). IITCOE has been set up at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) with support from Idea Cellular (Idea is one of the large mobile service providers in India) to focus on research, teaching, training and advice in the field of telecom policy, governance, regulation and management.

Suggested area for internship are (but not limited to):

1. National Broadband Policy and Outcomes

Adoption and diffusion of broadband

New wireless technologies and their implication

R & D in convergence, communications and broadband

Cable TV opportunity

2. Spectrum and Technology

The definition, specification, and enforcement of property rights in spectrum

Models for auctions and trading

Issues in spectrum refarming

Strategic management of spectrum

Global developments (5G/4G)

3. Service Adoption, Social Networking and Societal Issues

Access, interconnection, and unbundling in a converged world

Adoption of new services

Social networking and societal/policy implications

Experience with new services in license-exempt and licensed bands

Creating demand and awareness about broadband.

Social and business implications of emerging technologies and regulations

4. Regulation

Competition and the factors that promote or retard competition

Emergence of convergent regulatory bodies

Regulatory challenges of New Generation Networks (NGN). Need for governments to create incentives for investment in NGN.

Regulation of interconnection of IP and circuit-switched networks

The implications of convergence for competition (including VoIP and IPTV)

Multi-platform competition: policies and implications for prices and services 5

Evolution of institutional arrangements, political economy and challenges to reform

Experience of managing regulatory agencies

Role of judicial processes and implications for scope of regulatory agencies

Important Links

About TCOE

The objective of the IITCOE is to further research, teaching, training and advisory role in the field of telecom policy, governance, regulation and management especially marketing and customer care with a view to enable the telecom and related sectors to take up the challenges as they aris